Omena Cut Flowers U-Pick Flower Farm

01/26/2025

I’m in need of help for the coming season— read my latest email for the scoop. Click on the box below. 🌺🌷🌼🌻🌼💐

Dear Due to some wonderful staffers wanting to cut back or pursue different work, I am looking to add the following positions starting in May/June 2025. Email me if interested (or pass this on to someone you might know): [email protected]

01/23/2025

💚56 Days Until Spring! 1800 Lisianthus plugs ordered. Can’t wait.

🌺Lisi is an amazing flower. They last for more than two weeks in the vase and six weeks in the cooler.

🌺They are among the most important blooms that I grow. Like peonies and dahlias, my customers anticipate their arrival and come out specifically because they are blooming. In other words, they are a big draw!

🌺 I order plugs from Farmer Bailey because Lisi are hard to grow from seed. I can’t risk not having them so plugs are well worth the cost.

🌺Lisi can be prone to a sudden death due to a soil borne disease called Fusarium wilt. Dipping them in a (expensive) powder called Root Shield helps greatly to protect them.

🌺They can take the cold so I plant them in early May. They don’t bloom in earnest until August, but are well worth the wait.

01/21/2025

Zero degrees. ❄️❄️❄️🥶🥶🥶

01/20/2025

❄️Four degrees here. Good day for more wintersowing—the subject of my latest email. Read how to do it and why I love it here:

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01/20/2025

Four degrees here. Good day for more wintersowing—the subject of my latest email. Read how to do it and why I love wintersowing here:

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01/12/2025

🌺Lilies are an important flower for our bouquet making. They make an impressive “focal flower” and are stunning in the garden as well.

🌼I “succession” grow L.A. Hybrids from Zabo Plants every year, in pots that I sell and cut from too. That means I have 200 bulbs arrive 3 x so that I have them all season long. I also have field lilies that bloom in late June that came from my Mom.

🌸L.A. Hybrids grow to about 3 feet tall and can have as many as 5 buds on one stem. As one bloom fades, another opens up. We advise our customers to snip off faded blooms so they don’t detract from the beauty of the fresher blooms. Lilies are super easy to grow and multiply over time.

🌺Pots of lilies are $7.50 each or 4/$28. You can reserve them and other perennials now for pick up in early May. Peruse all perennials here and email me with your list:

https://www.omenacutflowers.com/perennials

[email protected]

01/08/2025

🌻Who needs to see flowers today? I sure do!

🌻 I’ve been ordering seeds and plugs in the last week. Among them, 10,000, yes 10K sunflower seeds. 99% of what I buy are single stem, “one and done” Pro-Cut variety from Sunflower Selections.

🌻 Over the years I’ve found that these 3 serve all my needs: Pro Cut Gold Lite DMR with bright green centers; Pro Cut Orange DMR (traditional black center. I Pro Cut BiColor DMR yellow/brown. DMR means these varieties are more mildew resistant.

🌻 All of these I direct seed into landscape fabric holes that are 4” apart. Sometimes I plant seeds per hole to get a variety of sizes and to ensure germination. The closer you plant them, the smaller the heads will be.

🌻 I also love 2 branching types; Greenburst and Soroya.

🌻 I almost always direct seed everything. If I have time, I will start branching types in my greenhouse. Those are planted 9-12 inches apart.

🌻 Sunflowers are easy to grow but hard to keep from rabbit and deer damage. I cover mine with Agribon fabric as well as Hortnova netting as they are germinating. Critters don’t like to get tangled up in the netting, which really helps.

🌻Here’s some photos that brightened my day. Hope they give you a lift too.

01/08/2025

The hardest puzzle yet. Poppies in Tuscany. Maddening shades of red and green. But fun in the end.

01/03/2025

Read my latest e-News here:

http://eepurl.com/i6_Kt6

It includes info on signing up for our weekly flower subscriptions and also how to reserve dahlia tubers now for spring pick up. These 10 photos are a sampling of our beautiful weekly subscriber bouquets, which we put our heart and soul into! Enjoy.

12/31/2024

🙏Big thanks to my sister Nancy and brother-in-law, Chris, who came up to help us tear down the old greenhouse.

❄️In case you missed my prior post, the greenhouse collapsed under the weight of heavy, wet snow. Mother Nature has nudged me along as I had been pondering replacing the old and rickety one anyway. Excited to say I’ve got one on order; stay tuned.

💚Chris is also the one who, along with Dave and Nancy’s help, built our lovely and sturdy u-pick shelter last May. I’m so grateful for “The Working Wares” who are always willing to lend a hand.

🥱🧩Do I look tired in this photo? Nancy, Chris and I stay up until 1 am the night before working on this puzzle. For a girl who’s usually in bed by 9 pm, this was quite a shock to my system.

12/22/2024

🌅Amazing sunrise today. Pink clouds cast pink light on snow, then it all turned to blue. Lovely.

12/13/2024

❄️So this happened a couple of days ago … 😫. Wet heavy snow combined with getting around to roof raking too late made for the demise of our greenhouse. Uh oh!

🌱The greenhouse was used and had a good 6-season run here. I traded peonies for it with my friend Christina when she built a new glass one that is attached to her house.

🧐 I had been thinking of upgrading as it had gotten pretty rickety, needing more and more repairs. Contemplating my next move. Gotta have one for lots of reasons: chief among them is mental health. Stay tuned.

12/06/2024

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… 🎄🎶🎼🎵🎅🎄🎁

12/04/2024

🙃My desk has been a mess for months—receipts stacked up and folders jammed with out-of-date papers. Yesterday I tackled the chaos and am feeling more organized!

❄️Winter has roared in, abruptly and finally ending any outdoor work. Skies cleared a bit yesterday; this morning it’s a snow globe out my bay window.

☕️It feels luxurious to tuck in and slow down, still in my pjs with coffee at mid-morning! Puzzles, seed ordering and cookie baking are on my to-do list now.

🐾🔥❄️Marigold has a wide temperature range—from our warm bed to sitting in the cold snow all within an hour’s time. Simple things are good things.

11/27/2024

My latest e-News. Photo: flowers picked last week. Yes, last week. Snow came yesterday so we are finally closed for the season. My thanks, thoughts and news by clicking on the link below.

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11/22/2024

😳I’ve been a poor communicator of late and this is why: it’s dahlia digging time and I’ve got a garage full of tubers to split and store.

🌺I’ll be selling these in the spring but you can reserve now (pay later) at 2024 prices for pick up or shipping in 2025. See my selection here: https://www.omenacutflowers.com/dahlias

📧Just send me an email with your wish list and I will be in touch come spring! [email protected]

11/12/2024

Come by or Text me and I will set one or more aside for you to pick up at your convenience. 231-883-8327. (Posted on Tuesday, 11/1210am).

2 large pumpkins available: $37 each. One white, one orange.

9 mini orange pumpkins available: $15 each.